Hit-and-run accused to spend Christmas in jail

Bridie Jabour

Samoan and African leaders have held a meeting in Logan this afternoon to try to quell racial tensions after the death of a teenager in a party brawl.

Jordan Matehaere Tukaki, 17, died on Saturday night after he was allegedly struck by a car when it mounted the footpath during a brawl in the Logan suburb of Woodridge.

There have been suggestions the fight was fueled by tensions between the African and Samoan community but The Voice of the Samoan People president Faimalotoa John Pale said it was too early to know if that was actually what caused the fight.